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I have an electric combo with an AXI motor that the max is 22 amps. I will pull that at peak rpm/throttle. I can hold this, according to AXI specs, for 60 seconds, and 15 amps at 75% throttle. I have a 30 amp Jeti controller. The battery is a 2S 2150 amp rated at 20C discharge rate.The motor, and battery seem like they get to a "normal" temperature" while testing with a Watts Up Meter. The controller seems like it got pretty hot....... and this was not using up the full charge on the battery. Does this sound like there is a problem with the controller ..... or is this kind of normal??. I hate to guess at the temperature for this posting....but it does get noticeably hotter than the battery does. .....thanks in advance...... lownslo
PS. I have GOOD cooling holes for entry and exhaust.....plus the controller hatch was off for the test. The battery hatch was in place.
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Re: A question for you electric Gurus
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April 05, 2007, 07:36:18 PM »
Hi Bob,
You might want to check and see if the controller has any settings that you can change for motor type or KV rating.
Also, based on our discussions at the Eastside meeting, you might want to test run it without the weighted hub. The extra weight may be making the speed control work harder than it's expecting to.
Good luck!
Chuck
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Chuck,
I did some more monitoring with the Watts Up meter. I tried the same set up as before and the controller hardly got warm. It still pulled a peak of 23 amps at full throttle initially but soon dropped to the max allowed for 60 seconds. (22 amps). I then tried a 9-5 instead of the 9-6 I had on there, THIS TIME without the aluminum spinner cone I have for nose weight needed. It now pulled only 16 amps at 100% throttle. I put the weighted cone back on and I noticed NO difference in read-outs. I have NO idea why my controller got so warm the first test last week. Ambient temps were warmer then..........but not enough to warrarnt the difference I noticed. .....Oh well.... I do think I will get some 9-5 props and use them on the maiden flights. Moto-Calc was not real "happy" with the 9-5's...... but in holding the plane while running, it felt like it had plenty of power. ...... lownslo....
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